A Manitoba child-welfare agency made continued attempts to have a man placed on the provincial child abuse registry — even after he was found not guilty in criminal court of committing sex offences against his daughter.

The application from the Child and Family All Nations Coordinated Response Network, which sought to have the man put on the registry, is detailed in a written decision issued by Court of King’s Bench family division Justice L. Kim Berthaudin early last month.

“ANCR pursued its case in an overbearing manner,” Berthaudin said.

Berthaudin had already ruled against placing the man, referred to by his initials, D.S., on the registry, after a hearing in 2024.

The judge then ordered the agency to pay court costs of just less than $25,000 to D.S. in a decision in May this year

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